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week's edition include:
** Palace Museum accused of covering up four more artifact mishaps
After admitting that a priceless porcelain dish had been broken by accident,
the Palace Museum is now faced with allegations that it tried to cover up
four other mishaps that damaged important artifacts
** The art of installing Richard Serra's sculpture
Serra recalled the disheartened expression on the riggers' faces when, after
they had installed a New York gallery show for him, he asked them to move
two pieces 5 feet
** Is Shakespeare's secret wedding place finally revealed?
All Saints, between Alcester and Stratford-on-Avon, is a leading contender
among a number of churches thought to be the venue for William Shakespeare
and Anne Hathaway's wedding in 1582
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** Wreck found off Donegal coast may be part of Spanish Armada
Two shipwrecks discovered off the Donegal coastline may be linked to the
late 16th-century Spanish Armada and a separate late 18th-century French
armada, despatched to assist Irish rebellion efforts
** Sarajevo Bunker Takes on New Life as Art Museum
The locale and existence of the bunker remained top secret during and even
after the wars that broke up Yugoslavia and very few people outside of the
military were allowed into the Cold War relic - until now
** Museum's Lord Byron Letter A Fake
Amid hundreds of thousands of documents donated to the National Historical
Park in Morristown was a nearly 200-year-old letter written by Lord Byron,
the celebrated English Romantic poet
** History As Viewed From Below
But now these carefully acquired antiques and other historic homes that are
part of the Tryon Palace complex are all but overshadowed by the $60
million, 60,000-square-foot North Carolina History Center, which is far less
interested in porcelain figurines and mahogany bedposts than in matters once
considered too vulgar or trivial to bother with: the way, for example,
people of the colonial era grew accustomed to the "stenches" in their homes
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** Search for displaced Holocaust kids seen in photos
There are few hints in the photos, aside from some weary eyes or bony arms,
of the hardships they endured to get to this moment: hiding in strangers'
homes, stealing scraps of bread to survive, gasping for air in cramped
cattle cars
** South Africa to open new museum honoring Nelson Mandela
South African officials say they will build a dedicated museum honoring
Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid, on the site where he was
arrested 49 years ago
** World's first ichthyosaur goes home after 200 years
The world's first discovery of a complete ichthyosaur, made by the famous
fossil hunter Mary Anning and her brother Joseph, has returned to the town
it was found in for the first time in 200 years
** A Venomous Collection
Representatives of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on the
scene realized that most of the five dozen snakes inside the singlewide
mobile home were venomous
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** Israeli museum breaks down barriers with Arab artworks
A museum on the road separating Jewish west Jerusalem from the Arab
neighbourhoods in the city's east is attracting a daring group of artists
from Middle Eastern nations that shun contact with Israel, trying to erode
political barriers through art
** Primitive brotherhood of Renaissance masters
By the end of the 16th century, the four giants of the modern canon of
painting were generally recognised as Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and
Correggio, although there was not always agreement over their respective
ranking
** Field Museum restrooms named one of 10 best in U.S.
You go a couple of main places: your favorite exhibits, maybe a stop for
lunch, the gift store and, of course, the restroom
** How Goya's Duke of Wellington was stolen
The 21st of August is the anniversary of two shocking art thefts: Leonardo
da Vinci's Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre 100 years ago, and Francisco de
Goya's The Duke of Wellington taken from the National Gallery, London,
exactly 50 years later
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** 'Oldest Bird' Not Actually Bird
While abrosaurus can still technically be classified as an herbivore,
paleontologists have established that foliage of the time was sentient and
bulging with blood
** Best treatment for wedding veil from "Gone With The Wind" is no
treatment
Scarlett's silk wedding veil arrived at the Ransom Center in the early 1980s
brittle and lined with permanent creases, indicating that the fibers were
damaged and deteriorating
** Giant £2 coin floated at sea as Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Royal
Mint honour Mary Rose
Where dropping a couple of quid in the sea would usually irk holidaymakers,
The Royal Mint has joyfully bobbed a three-metre replica of its current Mary
Rose £2 coin on the exact ocean spot where the famous ship sank 500 years
ago
** Chilean miners get museum show
Four of the 33 miners who were trapped in the San Jose Mine, visit the
"Against All Odds" exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and
speak about their ordeal
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** US Museum Explores Muslim Roots
Digging into the history of early Muslims who came to America centuries ago,
a new Islamic Heritage Museum has opened recently in Washington DC in a new
attempt fight misconceptions about Muslim roots
** Hawke's Bay collector's haul hides Alfred Hitchcock film
The latest discovery has echoed the excitement which rippled through the US
National Film Preservation Archive this year when a treasure trove of old
nitrate films, many rare and unseen for decades, were uncovered at the New
Zealand Film Archive
** The Best in Heritage", Dubrovnik, Croatia 22-24 Sept 2011
"The Best in Heritage" still remains as the only annual survey of awarded
museum, heritage and conservation projects in the world.
** World Press Photo 2011 displayed at the Canadian War Museum
For the fourth year in a row, the Canadian War Museum is proud to present
the award-winning photographs from the prestigious World Press Photo contest
for press photography.
** Spud Monday
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